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ANDY BLACK / CREEPER – BIRMINGHAM O2 INSTITUTE, 14.05.16
It’s Andy Black’s first solo tour to coincide with the release of his ‘The cheer, and also, a second cover – Alkaline Trio’s ‘Time To Waste’. He per-
Shadow Side’ album. Opening band Creeper from Southampton are the forms ‘Beautiful Pain’, a song he wrote about his friend Chris Holley, who
sole support. Songs such as ‘Black Mass’, ‘VCR’ and ‘Gloom’ have a hor- lost his life last year. The crowd put lighters in the air and at the end of
ror punk style while the animated Will Gould’s vocals are not too far re- the song Andy tells the crowd he got choked up.
moved from Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio)’s. Will’s a little flamboyant and looks ‘Put The Gun Down’ sounds like a stunning melodic masterpiece, a
like he could have just stepped out of the The Rocky Horror Picture Show lifesaver if you will, while everyone’s ecstatic when Andy returns for an
– although he’s not wearing stockings and suspenders like Frank-N-Furter. encore of ‘Drown Me Out’ (played live on stage for the first time in Birm-
Not tonight anyway. The band get the crowd swaying along to the grand ingham) and ‘We Don’t Have To Dance’ – the latter being Andy’s danciest
and commanding ‘Misery’, but unlike misery, Creeper do put a smile on tune. Of course we don’t dance to it, despite its infectiousness.
your face. Like ‘We Don’t Have To Dance’, Andy Black is infectious. And despite
That smile expands even more when Andy Black takes to the stage. the fact that the next time he’s back in the UK he’ll probably be with Black
Opening with ‘Stay Alive’, the crowd are soon singing along to the invig- Veil Brides, we hope we get to see another Andy Black solo show again
orating song. ‘Ribcage’ has a darker tone but turns into a dance party for sometime soon. Andy has shown how talented he is outside of the band
the chorus, while third up is a cover of Billy Idol’s ‘Dancing With Myself’. environment, and his songs are superb.
Andy’s voice matches Billy’s and it’s good to hear the old classic. Andy’s YYYYY
set is a fairly short one due to only having one solo album to his name. SBV
He does add in one Black Veil Brides song, ‘Saviour’, which gets a huge

Andy Black Photo By Shari Black Velvet
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